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  • Japan Opens First Floating Wind Farm Auction

    24 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Japan has issued a call for developers interested in building and operating a floating offshore wind farm off Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The invitation for developers to participate in the auction opened on 24 June and will close on 24 December, 2020. Two of Japan’s ministries, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; and the […]

  • Penta-Ocean and DEME Form Offshore Wind Pact in Japan

    24 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding comprehensive cooperation for the construction of offshore wind farms in Japan. In light of recent regulations which promote offshore wind power generation in the general sea areas, as well as in port and harbour areas, the development of offshore […]

  • Seajacks to Install Akita Noshiro Foundations

    27 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based Seajacks International Limited has, through its 100% subsidiary Seajacks Japan, Ltd., signed a foundation installation contract with Kajima Corporation for an offshore wind farm project at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture, Japan. This project is expected to be the first bottom-fixed large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan funded 100% on […]

  • MHI Vestas Japan Opens for Business

    1 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas have launched MHI Vestas Japan, a joint venture targeting onshore and offshore wind turbine markets in Japan. The joint venture started operating on Monday, 1 February. MHI Vestas Japan’s head office is located in Chiyoda-ku, in central Tokyo. Masato Yamada, former Asia Pacific Regional Manager of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, […]

  • Senvion and Toshiba ESS Strike Wind Partnership in Japan

    29 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) have joined forces under a new agreement that will see the two companies cooperating to market, sell, install and operate Senvion wind turbines in Japan.

  • Mitsubishi Research Institute and BVG Associates Form Offshore Wind Tie-Up

    11 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) and BVG Associates (BVGA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in high value-added consulting services in offshore wind, serving the offshore wind market in Japan and Japanese clients, globally. The Japanese government has an offshore wind target of 10 GW by 2030 and 30 to 45 GW […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Mission to Japan and Korea Bears Fruit

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    From 25 October to 4 November, a delegation of twenty-five Dutch offshore wind companies and knowledge institutions visited Japan and Korea. The offshore wind delegation was part of the economic mission led by Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp and it ran parallel to the state visit of King Willem-Alexander and queen Máxima to Japan […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Settling in Japan

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Tokyo to support the Japanese offshore wind market. OWC stated that it had previously worked in Japan’s offshore wind sector from its office in Taipei, Taiwan. “The Japanese government has announced big ambitions when it comes to renewables in general and offshore wind specifically. We […]

  • Japanese Prince Visits MHI Vestas

    19 June 2017

    MHI Vestas hosted His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan at the company’s factory in Lindø today.

  • EU Greenlights RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    13 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission has cleared, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Osaka Gas, and a subsidiary of RWE AG, all three established in Japan, to develop a 684 MW offshore wind project in Japan. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, […]

  • Japanese Companies Launch Floating Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    17 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Technology, Vessels

    Japan’s Toda Corporation has, in collaboration with Yoshida Co., Ltd., launched a vessel designed for the installation of floating offshore wind turbines.

  • Marubeni Becomes Majority Stakeholder of Seajacks

    7 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Marubeni Corp. now owns 55% of Seajacks International Ltd. In 2012, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Marubeni acquired Seajacks with 50:50 ownership stakes. Marubeni has now bought 5% from INCJ and became the major shareholder of the company that owns and manages jack-up vessels for offshore installation of energy projects. Marubeni and INCJ […]

  • Shimizu Corporation Targets Mega Turbines with New Jack-Up

    25 July 2019
    Vessels

    Japanese engineering firm Shimizu Corporation has revealed plans to build a wind farm installation vessel to serve the budding offshore wind market in Japan. The self-elevating platform is designed to handle wind turbines with an individual capacity of 8MW or more, and is said to be the first such vessel to be built in Japan […]

  • SSE Renewables Enters Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables has signed an agreement with Japan’s Pacifico Energy to create a joint ownership company that will pursue offshore wind energy development projects in Japan. The creation of the joint ownership company involves the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80 per cent interest in an offshore wind development platform from Pacifico Energy. The […]

  • EOLOS, Japan Meteorological Corporation Seal the Deal

    15 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    EOLOS and Japan Meteorological Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, 14 March, to cooperate in the Japanese wind and ocean resource measurement market. 

  • Fraunhofer IWES Forms Offshore Wind Ties in Japan

    5 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Tsubasa Windfarm Design (TWD), Fraunhofer IWES, and Kobe University have started collaborating to provide wind farm design services for projects offshore Japan. Fraunhofer IWES is specialized in offshore layout optimization and has been actively developing its own wake models which take into account atmospheric stability conditions. According to the German research centre, Prof. Dr. Teruo […]

  • Fugro Surveying Site for RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas Wind Farm Offshore Japan

    27 June 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Survey operations are underway at an offshore wind farm site near Japan after Fugro signed a contract with the project developer, a consortium comprising RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas. The fieldwork started in May 2024 and is being performed from Fugro’s self-elevating platform (SEP), the Amberjack, and two of the company’s vessels, the Equator and […]

  • Vestas Gets Turbine Order for Akita Noshiro Project

    6 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Vestas has received an order from MHI Vestas to supply 33 Vestas V117-4.2MW typhoon variant turbines for the Akita Noshiro offshore wind project in Japan. Turbine delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2021 and installation is expected to commence in 2022. Located in the northern Akita prefecture, the Akita Noshiro wind farm will be […]

  • MOL Forms Another Offshore Wind Pact

    21 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Toyo Construction have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate potential collaboration with the aim of commercializing vessels used in the construction of offshore wind projects in Japan and overseas. The companies said they will meet the demand for various types of work vessels in offshore wind power […]

  • Norwegians and Japanese Bolster Offshore Wind Bond

    15 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    The organisations, Norwegian Offshore Wind and Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Tokyo which aims to get the business going between the countries’ offshore wind companies. Both the Norwegian supply chain and developers are interested in the emerging Japanese market, Norwegian Offshore Wind said. According to the organisation, […]

  • TEPCO Ponders 1GW Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

    9 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) is mulling a 1,000MW project in Japan that could be built off Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, The Japan News (The Yomiuri Shimbun) reports. TEPCO plans to set up an offshore wind farm comprising 200 5MW wind turbines, installed on fixed-bottom foundations, according to The Japan News, which further writes that the Japanese […]

  • MHI Vestas Notches First Firm Order in Japan

    3 March 2020

    Japan’s Akita Offshore Wind Corporation (AOW) has completed a firm turbine supplier agreement with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm project. In a sector first for a utility-scale project in Japan, MHI Vestas will provide 33 V117-4.2 MW turbines for the Akita and Noshiro fixed-bottom offshore wind farms. The wind […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: Wind Energy Market Set to Boom in Japan

    23 January 2013
    R&D

    The wind energy industry, one of the key growth engines amongst renewable energy technologies slipped into a slowdown in 2012 plagued by Europe’s and other developed countries’ economic woes, its first since witnessing double digit growth rate y-o-y since 2009. Amidst this, the wind energy industry is likely to regain its lost sheen back in […]

  • Japan Changes Port and Harbour Law to Promote Offshore Wind

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MILT) has amended the country’s existing Port and Harbour Law to promote development of offshore wind projects, the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) reports. The amendments allow developers to lease designated water zones in port areas for a period of up to 20 years. The newly changed law also sets up a bidding system […]

  • Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara Eyes Offshore Wind Power (Japan)

    11 March 2013

    Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara plans to promote wind power in Japan through offshore wind turbines, reports Kyodo News Service. The main reason for the poor offshore wind development in the country is a relatively short stretch of shallow waters, which are suited for the deployment of offshore wind turbines installed into the seabed. Floating […]

  • Finance Secretary to Promote Scottish Businesses in Japan and South Korea

    13 April 2012
    Authorities

    Finance Secretary John Swinney will next week visit Japan and South Korea to promote Scottish businesses. Mr Swinney will visit Tokyo, Osaka, Pusan and Seoul where he will showcase the innovation and skills of Scotland’s energy sector and promote Scotland’s food and drink. He will use his visit as a chance to meet with representatives […]